Fence-post



(No Model.)

W. H. H. & S. YOUNT.

I I FENCE POST. No. 349,245. Patented Sept. 14, 1886.

U ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIcE.

WILLIAM H. H. YOUNT AND SOLOMON YOUNT, OF TROY, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

CIFICA N forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,245, dated September 14, 1886.

Application filed J one 2, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc itknown thatwe, WILLIAM H. H. YOUNT and SOLOMON YOUNT, of Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention will first be described, and then specificallypointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters-of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of the post with wire attached. Fig. 2 represents the pointsection alone. Fig. 3' represents a plan of the standard of the post with wire .attached. Fig. 4 represents the method of cutting out the points.

A is the standard, and B the base or point, of my improved post. The standard'is preferably constructed of angle-iron. Its lower end is sheared open or slotted, and the two sides are brought into' parallelism with each other, forming a recess, a. A slot, 2), and hole 0 pass through the side plates of the recess. The corner or forward face of the standard is perforated at intervals with holes (I d, for the the reception of staples, by which the wires 6 e are fastened in place. '1 he base or point B is provided with flanges ff, attached by riveting or other suitable method. Two holes, 9 g,

are made near its top, which correspond in spacing to the hole 0 and slot 1) in the standard A. The point may be easily made by shearing from a single piece, as shown in Fig. 4. A rectangular piece of metal, 3 y, out across diagonally, affords two points ready for drilling or punching.

The wings or flanges f f are made of sheet metal, and may be attached in two ways. In Fig. 1 is shown a method in which pieces of metal are bent up so as to form a channel, and are then riveted on with the center section or base 0 against the point. Each piece forms two flanges, so that the bar is provided with four. In Fig. 2 a piece of metal is bent alternately right and left, and the center section Z is secured to and against the point B, thus furnishing two flanges only. Either form of construction may be employed.

Serial No. 203,913. (No model.)

ITO secure the standard to the base of the post, the upper part of the point B is inserted in the recess a at the foot of the standard A, and bolts or rivets passed through the holes 9 g, hole 0, and slot b, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1. As, however, the post may require to be moved, we use a removable bolt, 75, for the hole 0, and for the slot 1) use a pin or bolt, m, permanently attached to the point B. The bolt is in the drawings is shown provided with a wing-nut, so that it can be detached by hand. I

To assemble the parts, the standard A is passed down over the upper end of the point, the slot b receiving the pin m, and the bolt 70 is subsequently inserted. By removing the bolt 7c the top or standard comes off.

We are aware that a A-shaped post has had its sides converged at their lower ends to form a slot, the sides having upper and lower holes, through which and holes in the ground-section boltspass, thelowerboltbeingimmovable, while the upper bolt is removable. We are also aware that such A-shaped posts have been apertured in the angle to receive wire-holding staples; also, that the groundsection has had an angular anchor riveted to it, and we do not claim the same as of our invention. In our construction the lower end of the post has slots 1), leading up from itslower edge, so that it may be readily removed or turned down by removing only one bolt.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

A fence-post formed of the uppersection, A, having its sides apertured at c, and slots 1), leading upward from the lower edges of its sides, the ground-section B, having an anchor, f, a permanent bolt, m, to enter the slots 1), and an aperture, 9, above the said bolt, the removable bolt k, passing through the said aperture 9 and the apertures c, and the nut on the said bolt, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM H. H. YOUN T. SOLOMON YOUNT.

Witnesses M. B. EARNHART, H. H. WEAKLEY, GEORGE S. LONG. 

